Twenty to 30 items by local artists will be featured at the auction. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT – The Lake County Arts Council will hold its next live auction of artworks on Saturday, Nov. 29, as a part of the Dickens Market festivities.

The auction will be at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St., Lakeport, beginning at 1 p.m., and the work will be available to preview at 11a.m.

All work auctioned at this event will be from the collection of the Arts Council. Experience shows that this is an opportunity to purchase good art at unusually low prices.

There will be sculpture, paintings and prints, as well as photography, weavings, embroidery, art books and art supplies. There will be no silent auction, bake sale, entertainment, dinner or speeches, and it should be over in an hour.

The nonpareil auctioneer, Bert Hutt, is quite electric on the podium. You may know him in one of his other roles, as musician, actor or artistic director of the Soper-Reese Community Theater, but you shouldn't miss his performance with the auction hammer.

There will be 20 to 30 items to be auctioned. Starring in this auction are two lots of multi-part ceramic sculpture by the late Dani Burch, beautifully framed prints by Linda Becker and paintings by John Eells. There will be wine and refreshments served for participants.

For more information, call the Main Street Gallery at 263-6658 or visit the LCAC Web site at www.lakecountyartscouncil.com. Some items from the auction will be on display a week in advance at the gallery.

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